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India will host the Twenty20 World Cup in 2016. This announcement came from the ICC board, in its first meeting of the year.
The first ICC board meeting of the year at the ICC headquarters in Dubai chaired byN Srinivasan and presided byMustafa Kamal took some major decisions keeping in mind all the major cricketing events till 2019.
Here are some of the major decisions taken at the meeting,
India to host the 2016 T20 World Cup
ICC ratified its decision to award India the honor of hosting the ICC T20 World Cup in 2016.
Although there was a decision taken back in 2013 that India would host the event, ICC gave formal consent to it on Wednesday at the meeting.
ICC also announced the dates for the event, stating that the event will be held from March 11 to April 3 in 2016.Super-Over to decide Champion, in event of a tie
If suppose the final match is tied then a super-over would decide the outcome of the match. This was agreed upon unanimously in the meeting by the members.
ICC stated that a super-over contest was the most credible way of picking out a winner in case of a tie.
New system for offences relating to slow over-rates
ICC decided that team Captains' minor "over-rate" offences prior to the World Cup event would not be carried into the event and fresh over-rate offences would begin with the event and end with it. Also, the over-rate offences held prior to the event will be carried forward to the first bilateral series after the event.
Safer helmets for Player's safety
Taking into consideration the tragic death of Australian cricketerPhillip Hughes, ICC has asked for players to use helmets that comply with the updated British safety standards.
The board also approved the dates for the 2017 Champions Trophy in England and stated that it will be held between June 1 and 19.